[Ham-Computers] hard drive cooling

[Philip Atchley]

Hi all,

Later this week my new "built to order" PC should arrive.  My first 
TOTALLY new PC in years, I usually build from recycled scrap and update 
as needed ;-)

Anyway, the machine was ordered with two 80GB 7200 RPM SATA hard drives 
(one will be a 'backup' drive).  I suspect that they will run much 
warmer than the older, slower drives I've been using and would like to 
'cool' them a little.

In checking around on what's available I see that there are a LOT of HD 
coolers that have a couple fans and mount to the large surface of the 
drive, often with a heat sink.  Does going "that far" pay off in the 
long term, or would the simpler ones that mount in the front of the 
drive bay and blow cool air from outside the machine over the drives 
suffice?  I'm sure the larger units would be more efficient?


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